Co-sponsored by Green Neighbors DC, co-hosted by Annette and Max, both GNDC members, we have an unusual event for you.  Ever wondered what cashew cheese tastes like?  How do vegan cheeses and ‘meats’ compare?  How about, then, a Vegan Tasting Party and Potluck in the backyard? While a band plays on the front porch for Porchfest?

How is this green?  Non-organic food production and food waste are among the top five causes of the climate crisis.  Eating more plants instead of grain-fed, factory-farmed animals, Amazon cattle, lamb, and more definitely helps fight climate change, and if done organically with composting, can sequester carbon back in the soil. )(www.projectdrawdown.org; www.climatesteps.org.) Plus, darn it, we have far more tastier dishes than imagined.

So come taste some. This event is open to all – as it is a Green “Neighbor” style event and it is Petworth Porchfest. So we’re sharing the news of this widely, putting flyers in some of our favorite haunts.  Friends and friends-of-friends are definitely welcome. Bring a dish or drinks (but not required.) Also, if you can, bring your own cutlery and plates. We’ll have stuff, but why not focus on reusable materials? 

We hope you can join us!  We’ll be using that SnoKone machine from DC’s Tool Library, along with the folding tables, compost bins, some veggie gardening books, and a solar oven.  Yay, Tool Library! (www.greenneighborsdc.org/projects)

Thank you friend and neighbor Jodi Kostelnik of The Neighborgoods (TheNeighborgoods.com) for the graphics.  The flyer is attached if all of you want to pass it along.

Some of Max’s vegan dishes…from @MaxsMeatlessMondays on Instagram:

Stop by during Petworth Porchfest, or sit down and join us for longer!

Annette and Max

Green Neighbors DC, www.greenneighborsdc.org. 

greenneighborsdc@gmail.com

Published by Annette Olson

I am the lucky Founder and Administrator of the Climate Steps website/blog/community/soon-to-be-nonprofit , and recently also had the pleasure of becoming a Founding Member of the Board for the upcoming climate action app, Earth Hero (www.earthhero.org). As an environmental scientist for the US. Federal government and for nonprofits for over 22 years, I am about to make a major life change and become a full-time climate activist - a little risky, but necessary. I need to bring my scientific background and communication experience to climate action. This process started 20 years ago, when I got Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Miami, FL, the pursuit of which allowed me to study the behavioral ecology of a species of mongoose in Sierra Leone, West Africa. Seeing the massive deforestation occurring in that country is what led me to work with Washington DC federal agencies and organizations, so I could focus on applying science for environmental research and action. To support that goal, I further earned an Associates in Project Management from the George Washington University School of Business. However, it became apparent that climate change is a climate crisis, and I intend to devote all my scientific and communication efforts to fighting it. I created Climate Steps in December 2016, and I love the community discussion aspects especially, as well as the research needed to provide information to help people take action. Feedback on what you would like to see within Climate Steps (website, Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram) is very welcome.

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